Wisconsin
Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 56,675 returns moved to Wisconsin from other states and 56,159 moved the other way, a net gain of 516 returns, or 0.2 per 1,000.
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The ten largest flows in each direction between Wisconsin and other states.Wisconsin ranks 26th of 51 (the 50 states and DC) by net migration rate between states. On balance, Wisconsin gains the most returns from Illinois and loses the most to Florida. Another 91,124 returns moved between counties inside Wisconsin, which these state totals leave out. In 2019–20 the balance pointed the other way, at −371 returns.
The exchange with every state
Sorted from the largest net gain to the largest net loss. States with a flow under 10 returns in either direction are left out.
| State | From there | To there | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 11,331 | 8,111 | +3,220 |
| California | 3,143 | 2,645 | +498 |
| Michigan | 2,726 | 2,334 | +392 |
| Iowa | 1,768 | 1,458 | +310 |
| Indiana | 1,223 | 1,065 | +158 |
| Pennsylvania | 809 | 665 | +144 |
| Ohio | 1,133 | 998 | +135 |
| New Jersey | 406 | 303 | +103 |
| Kansas | 414 | 353 | +61 |
| Nebraska | 344 | 283 | +61 |
| South Dakota | 358 | 302 | +56 |
| Connecticut | 232 | 183 | +49 |
| Louisiana | 282 | 236 | +46 |
| West Virginia | 112 | 68 | +44 |
| North Dakota | 285 | 248 | +37 |
| Nevada | 614 | 582 | +32 |
| Missouri | 919 | 892 | +27 |
| Idaho | 244 | 221 | +23 |
| New Hampshire | 120 | 103 | +17 |
| Alaska | 211 | 195 | +16 |
| Maryland | 433 | 418 | +15 |
| Vermont | 73 | 60 | +13 |
| Oregon | 578 | 566 | +12 |
| Virginia | 862 | 856 | +6 |
| Oklahoma | 377 | 374 | +3 |
| Wyoming | 156 | 153 | +3 |
| Delaware | 65 | 64 | +1 |
| Hawaii | 191 | 192 | −1 |
| Maine | 122 | 124 | −2 |
| New Mexico | 262 | 264 | −2 |
| Mississippi | 260 | 263 | −3 |
| Rhode Island | 57 | 60 | −3 |
| Arkansas | 310 | 334 | −24 |
| Alabama | 340 | 373 | −33 |
| District of Columbia | 130 | 171 | −41 |
| Washington | 1,089 | 1,137 | −48 |
| Montana | 279 | 329 | −50 |
| Kentucky | 400 | 452 | −52 |
| Utah | 406 | 475 | −69 |
| Massachusetts | 474 | 581 | −107 |
| New York | 1,168 | 1,306 | −138 |
| Georgia | 991 | 1,151 | −160 |
| South Carolina | 529 | 732 | −203 |
| Minnesota | 8,003 | 8,321 | −318 |
| Colorado | 1,771 | 2,103 | −332 |
| Tennessee | 906 | 1,345 | −439 |
| North Carolina | 1,089 | 1,541 | −452 |
| Arizona | 1,916 | 2,415 | −499 |
| Texas | 2,985 | 3,710 | −725 |
| Florida | 3,779 | 5,044 | −1,265 |
Four filing years
Returns arriving from other statesReturns leaving for other states
Net rate per 1,000 returns in the earlier years: −0.2 in 2019–20, −0.4 in 2020–21, −0.4 in 2021–22.
County by county
The 12 highest and 12 lowest net migration rates per 1,000 returns among 71 Wisconsin counties with complete totals. Linked names have a full profile.
- Sawyer County+15.3
- Burnett County+11.5
- Vilas County+10.4
- Bayfield County+10.0
- Iron County+9.2
- Lincoln County+9.2
- Marinette County+8.6
- Florence County+7.7
- Eau Claire County+6.5
- Adams County+6.4
- Pierce County+5.0
- Dane County+4.7
- Door County−3.8
- Grant County−4.1
- Monroe County−4.7
- Milwaukee County−5.0
- Taylor County−5.0
- Clark County−5.1
- Green Lake County−5.4
- Kewaunee County−7.6
- Trempealeau County−8.3
- Rusk County−9.1
- Crawford County−10.0
- Buffalo County−11.6
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Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-to-state migration files 2019–20 to 2022–23.